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Conservatives have ‘lack of connection to what’s happening in the real world’, says Labour member Gary Neville
After having one of the most decorated playing careers in Premier League history, Gary Neville has established himself as one of the country's top football pundits.


Meta defends suicide and self-harm posts seen by Molly Russell
A senior executive for Meta, the company which owns Instagram, has defended content viewed on the platform by a 14-year-old girl shortly before she took her own life.


Ed Miliband: Tories have reached ‘height of economic irresponsibility’
We’re joined by Labour's Shadow Climate and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband.


Bank of England should ‘see how the markets settle down’ before emergency interest rise, says economist Gerard Lyons
We spoke to the economist Gerard Lyons, a senior fellow at the Policy Exchange thinktank who has advised the government on their current economic plan.


Bank of England under pressure to further raise interest rates
The pound's volatility has heaped huge pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates once again.


Pound crashes to all-time low against US dollar
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was today forced to quell growing market unease over his low-tax, high borrowing strategy with a promise to set out more details in November, along with independent costings.


Labour’s economic plan ‘huge contrast’ to Conservatives, says party chair Annaliese Dodds
With one eye on the next election, Labour party chair Annaliese Dodds has said Labour can ‘unite’ the country. She joined us from the party conference in Liverpool.


Keir Starmer needs to stop worrying about ‘mythical middle England’, says RMT leader
The head of the RMT union Mick Lynch has warned the railway industry is ‘in crisis’ and that strike action across the rail network will go ahead as planned in the next two weeks if a deal cannot be reached, though he said a meeting with t...


Labour party vows to reverse Tory tax cuts
Labour has kicked off its annual party conference in Liverpool weighing in on the government’s mini-budget and calling plans to cut taxes as ‘immoral’ saying it would only benefit the wealthy. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he ...


Richest 5% of UK to benefit most from mini-budget
The government has defended it’s sweeping tax cuts, denying Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget would mostly benefit the rich. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer  – in Liverpool for the upcoming Labour Party conference – has ...


Wolf Hall author Hilary Mantel dies aged 70
She was the first woman to win two Booker prizes – for her historical novels about the life of Thomas Cromwell. The news today of the death of Dame Hilary Mantel at the age of 70 has prompted tributes from across the literary world. Her agent s...


99% of people ‘still going to be worse off’ says Director of Institute for Fiscal Studies
We’re joined by Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.


How the tax cuts will affect those struggling at the very bottom
This Government is on the side of the British people, the Chancellor said today. 


Tory tax cuts package ‘reckless’, says shadow chancellor
We’re joined by Shadow Chancellor, Labour's Rachel Reeves.


Tax cuts will not add to inflation pressure, Chief Secretary to the Treasury says
We spoke to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Philp, and began by showing him a graph which showed sterling dropping in reaction to the statement.



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